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MK Cell Out-License & Lyramid SPA Update
3 Nov 2025 07:00
RNS Number : 8172F
Roquefort Therapeutics PLC
03 November 2025
3 November 2025
Roquefort Therapeutics plc
("Roquefort Therapeutics" or the "Company")
MK Cell Out-License & Lyramid SPA Update
Roquefort Therapeutics (LSE:ROQ), the Main Market listed biotech company, announces it has entered into an agreement to out-license its MK Cell patents to Pleiades Pharma Ltd ("Pleiades") in return for up to US$25 million in milestone cash payments together and a royalty payment obligation (the "MK Cell Out-License").
Background
As announced on 8 September 2025, the Company is proposing to acquire from A2A Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Coiled Therapeutics, Inc. the exclusive licence rights to AO-252, a novel first-in-class, first-in-human new drug alternative targeting the TACC3 protein for the treatment of certain cancers (the "Proposed Transaction"), retain the STAT-6 program and has ceased discussions around the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Oncogeni Ltd. Further details on the progress of the Proposed Transaction will be announced in due course.
Following the announcement of the Proposed Transaction, the Company initiated discussions with Pleiades regarding the grant of an exclusive worldwide license for its MK Cell program, which has resulted in the signing of the MK Cell Out-License.
MK Cell Out-License
To accommodate the Group Restructuring (refer below) that was signalled in August 2025, the parties to the MK Cell Out-License are Roquefort Therapeutics' wholly owned subsidiary Midkine Investments Ltd ("Midkine Investments") and Pleiades. The consideration payable by Pleiades for the MK Cell Out-License is a combination of milestone cash payments and a royalty payment obligation of 1.5% perpetuity royalty on all global net sales of products derived from the licensed technology.
The total milestone cash payments of up to US$25 million is payable by Pleiades as follows:
a) US$500,000 upon Pleiades securing a minimum fundraising